Muslims Like Us event at Manchester Central Library, (21 Nov 2023) As part of Islamophobia Awareness Month, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre hosted a...
‘Not a race riot’: Looking back on the 1981 Moss Side uprising.
Marking the 42nd anniversary of the Hytner Report, Claire Fox, Academic Director of the AIU RACE Centre, draws on the Elouise Edwards collection to co...
A Black History Manifesto for Manchester
Every year as October approaches there is a flurry of activity around Black History. For Black History Month 2023, we're taking a different approach. ...
When Musical Traditions Meet and Inspire Project
For the last couple of years, we have supported Emmaneula Yogolelo to deliver her recent Arts Council funded project ‘When Musical Traditions Meet a...
South Asian Heritage Month: Sri Lankan Reading List
Within our year-long programme around South Asian Heritage Month and its theme of Stories to Tell, we will be focusing on the theme of Making Sri Lank...
Changes to our Library: the Gender, Relationships and the Family section
How we reviewed our Gender, Relationships and Family section of the library and the changes we've made....
Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Books and Resources
The books and resources included in this list focus on refugees, asylum seekers, migration and related issues and are available in the Ahmed Iqbal Ull...
Beyond Refugee Week….our new approach to Refugee Week, Black History Month, International Women’s Day etc
We asked ourselves 'How can we offer opportunities to explore Global Majority histories all year round? How can we help creative freelancers develop a...
Windrush 75: Caribbean Migration to the UK – Books and Resources
The books and resources included in this list focus on Caribbean migration to the UK, symbolised by the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Tilbury Dock...
The Dr Louis Sterling Reading Room
Our recent visit to the Louise Da-Cocodia Education Trust to look at a new collection of books they have acquired from Dr Louis Sterling, a Jamaican s...